More Sports Jun 2, 2021
The American is ready to defend his Olympic gold medal at last after the games were pushed back a year due to the pandemic.
National | FOCUS Apr 14, 2021
New Olympic event organizers work to safely open doors
by Jim Allen
Holding events such as skateboarding and karate has meant recruiting new people capable of bridging the gaps between organizing committee bureaucrats and inspiring athletes.
More Sports Oct 6, 2020
BMX freestyle park rider Rim Nakamura suffers broken left heel
Japan's Rim Nakamura, a gold medal hopeful in the men's BMX freestyle park at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, broke a bone in his left heel in September and underwent surgery to fix it, sources close to the matter said Monday. The 18-year-old is expected to ...
More Sports Jun 9, 2020
The Japan Cycling Federation on Tuesday named four riders to the host nation's BMX team for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Rim Nakamura and Minato Oike will represent Japan in the BMX freestyle park competition, a newly added Olympic discipline that is trick-focused with riders' ...
Olympics Jan 17, 2020
Sakakibara siblings set course for Tokyo 2020
by Anna Watanabe
When it came time for Sydney-based brother and sister BMX riders Kai and Saya Sakakibara to decide which country they would represent as athletes, the Olympic hopefuls were spoiled for choice. Born in Australia's Gold Coast to a Japanese mother and British father, and having ...